Open AccessFreezing Mars's Core—in the Lab
Author(s) -
Yasemin Saplakoglu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo065215
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , core (optical fiber) , astrobiology , environmental science , materials science , physics , composite material
Mars's core, widely thought to be at least partially molten, may eventually solidify completely, and researchers have turned to lab experiments to find out how.